The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-28
CECIL FAI{1IER'S CLCB.
4 N.crrE MAY NtcclinG.

jilt q a al iiiplf t''itilihI iftiIot'tl 'iiht
the voraure clad hills. which over look
the Susquehanna at Port Deposit. AT
this season Of the year. the contrast is
particularly striking between the granite
locked streets Of that be-iloodcd town,
and the rich vista of verdant field and
meadow which lie beyond. The FIRST
glimpse of Port Deposit to the visitor ap
proachlpg it by railroad from the South,
is not assuring. The town presents its
! worst front to the river. Indeed the mar
row ledge Of rock upon which it stands
! prevents its showing any other front, and
as you approach it, the eye turns instiuc-
lively for relief 10 the broad river, and
the bold Hartford hills beyond, until
Bank station is reached Here you re
ceive sensible suggestion, that first i'm
pressions may be deceptious, for you
come suddenly upon the handsomest
panoramic picture of an elegant residence
| to be seen in Mary land. Coming upon it
xpectcdly, aud with such prelude of
! deserted wharveS and wrecked tcnementS,
the impression mads by it is the more
distinct In a moment, however. the train
is again in motion, and your agreeable
vision fades before you. We beg no
visitor to the ''Granite City" to Judge it
while he rides from Bank station to the
depot. The back yards which stare you
i'll the face, as they do the railroad ira
weller when passing through Elkton aud
most country towns, are not agreeable
| heralds OF local attractiveneSs. Figura-
lively speaking, you feel as though you
had by mistake, been dropped at the back
door of your friends house, instead of the
front entrance. But when you emerge
upon the main street you begin to gain
confidence, that Port Deposit is better
than i. seemed at first glimpse. Hope
! revives, that the relentless SuSquehanna
has not ruthlessly obliterated all traces of
its former bloom. Nor has it. There
are still life and activity there. The past
year has witnessed the completion on its
main street of possibly the most esthetic
| private residence in the county. This
indicates healthy confidence in the
towns future. That her people, harassed
by fire aud food, have inherited the
sturly qualities of their native granite.
| That they can suffer cOutiagrations and
sustain floods, yet still endure. While
local misfortunes have therefore marred
somewhat TIE appearance of her streets,
she still shows multiplied evidences of ac-
| iiyity aud thrift, while some handsome,
and many com Portable homes, still evince
the taste and enterprise Of her people.
| But whatever the physical impression
that Port Deposit makes upon the ssfan-
ger, the grand view that meets his eye
| as he looks over the broad landscape
that lies beyond its limits, must chal-
leuge his admiration. Bold hills crown
ed with endless wealth of verdure spread
OUT in panoramic beauty before him to
the East aud South.
NoTthward more und l.tinI, they fiat
ten their brows into broad plateaux of
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early summer, when the foliage wears
its freshest dress of green, the view is
| doubly attractive. One of the most mott
ceablc farms closely adjacent to Port
| Deposit is that owrcd by Thomas c..
Bond Esq The Naples" 1t is in all
its belongings, one of the most desirable
| properties in that section Of the county.
It was here tha: the Farmers Club met
ou Wednesday, and its members made
the recipients by his amiable wife and
accomplished daughter, Of gen
erous hospitality. Ii was the regular
monthly meeting of the Clnb, and pre-
ci>oly at lG! o'clock, its punctual presl-
dent called the club to order. Fourteen
men bers responded to their names when
called, Henry S. Coudon, Sam'l. r. Car
SOD, Nm. w. Moore, Jacob Tome, Adam
Il. Magraw, Joseph Coudon, John Ewing,
Aaron J. Mchener, II. II. Duyckinck,
Jno. F. Wilson, Thos. c. Bond, Enoch
| Noyes, George W. Sutton aud Enoch
Mccullough.
The visitors 10y invitation were Rev.
JAS. Conway, Rev. John SIuicr and H..
| r. Torbert Of the THE Wing. After the
call OF the roll, the minutes of the last
meeting were read and adopted. There
| being no unfinished business, the presi-
dent called for statements of expert
ments. Mr. Henry Coudon reported that
when narrowing corn ground, he had run
very sharp harrow across his growing
wheat (two rouuds) as an experiment
The result he would report later. Mr..
Enoch Mccullough exhibited stocks of
| young Fultz wheat, which on examina-
ton he had found contained the larvae of
| what is supposed to be the Hessiaa Fly
The egg had been deposited possibly in
September last when the wheat was
young. AS the season advances, the
stock now rots and falls. Mr. Mccullough
reported about one third of a sixteen acre
field already down, the rotted joint in the
stock of the wheat being in this case as
generally, that nearest the root.
Mr.. Thos c. Bond being the essayist
paper:
| Thinking anything that | might know
| about farming would fail to interest the
| Club, have digressed from the subject.
and will submit a few thoughts upon a
general topic.
| am aware in the selection of my sub
| iect have a wide field to traverse, but |
| shall not undertake TO compass hut a
small part Of which might be treated in
an Essay. My purpose and hope are that
| what may jot down if not Of interest,
may at least give rise to discussion that
| will compensate for what is lacking in
| this paper.
We have been favored with an Essay
| in the past. treating IN general terms of
! tie corruption in the body polite, and of
| the evils prevalent in the councils of the
people as also the i'll engendered by
large and reckless corporations, and the
| honor0uS burdens imposed by capital
| lists Admitting that much that is said
! and written with reference thereto be
| true, vet | fear the ever ready dispCsi
| ton to complain, sometimes leads us to
make unjust comparisons, ard TO picture
| to ourselves that everything portands
| disaster. That there is needed reform
! in the politics Of our country is generally
| admitted, aud that laws should be en-
| acted restricting the aggreSsiveuesS of
| corporations there is no question, but
| much of the disc lntent of which we lear
| arises not SO much from the circum-
! stances surrounding us, as from the un
] natural hal, fnStpTnI Inv the Met InTIr